Palaeontologists have found two fossils of ancient pygmy right whales in Sicily and in Japan. The study, by an international team with researchers from our Institute, changes everything we thought we knew about this mysterious animal.
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25/10/2017
Fossil Discovery of Pygmy Right Whales on Northern Hemisphere Rewrites Their History
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Jonas Van Boxel
25/08/2017
Dinosaur 'Silky' Is A Key Fossil in Feather Evolution
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Reinout VerbekeBelgian palaeontologists have described a new, 165 million year old dinosaur species from Northern China. Serikornis sungei –nickmane ‘Silky’ – is an important fossil in the evolution of feathers in dinosaurs. Silky had feathers on its four limbs, but could not fly.
19/06/2017
Domestication of the Cat: Ancient DNA Reveals Significant Role of the Near East and Egypt
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Reinout VerbekeDNA found at archaeological sites reveals that the origins of our domestic cat are in the Near East and ancient Egypt. Cats were domesticated by the first farmers some 10,000 years ago. They later spread across Europe and other parts of the world via trade hub Egypt.
09/06/2017
Belgian Discovery: Popular Bat Genus Is Millions of Years Older Than Thought
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Jonas Van BoxelOur palaeontologists have found the oldest fossil of the extant bat genus Myotis (mouse-eared bat). This proves that the widespread genus has existed at least 7 million years earlier than previously assumed.
11/05/2017
Baleen Whales’ Ancestors Were Toothy Suction Feeders
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Reinout VerbekeModern whales’ ancestors probably hunted and chased down prey, but somehow, those fish-eating hunters evolved into filter-feeding leviathans.
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